Following the publication of Steve McCurry's Portraits, a selection of the best photographs is presented in a boxed set of 50 postcards. These beautiful and moving images were shot all over the world in respect for human individuality, in awe of human experience and with conviction in the scope of human potential. Made during assignments for National Geographic magazine, these photographs speak powerfully and directly to the viewer ... all of McCurry's characters communicate themselves expressively, without contrivance or pose but with great style and self-possession. The publication of the Portraits Postcards will allow everyone who enjoyed Portraits to introduce the work to their friends, and will make these compelling images accessible to many more.
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Following the publication of Steve McCurry's "Portraits", a selection of the best images are presented in this set of 50 postcards. Made during assignments for "National Geographic Magazine", the photographs are un-stylized snapshots of people revealing the universality of human emotion.
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The postcards is this boxed set are truly beautiful. Technically, the collection is superb. They are larger than the usual postcard, and the quality of the printing is excellent. As art, the photos are striking and memorable. The portraits are designd to appeal to well-off white people, however. The ordinary people dressed in ordinary clothes are exotic; the white North Americans are all decidedly strange-looking. This bothered me a little bit. After all, if a subsistence-level farmer is interesting enough to be photographed objectively, why isn't a typical worker with a typical job in America or Europe? Still, the photos really are interesting.
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